Why, out of interest? 🙏
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Yes and no. Because Prusa are good machines. But one of my printers is still a "normal" MK3. It is working good honestly, but I already thought about upgrading to a multicolour unit (mmu2), but an upgrade to a "near" MK4 sounds good, too. the full upgrade doesn't even cost that much more as I have just seen. And I would have a base that can run the mmu3 then.
In general prusa is a good brand and I love that they look to have a long product life for their products. As far is a know the always provided upgrade kits for their printers. They upgrade firmware years after they released their products. The ecosystem is great (Hardware, Software, Material, Support and Community). This approach needs to be honoured by buying products from such a brand!
And I forgot to mention that I need something to build and tinker with.
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Cool, thanks for the info. I've always thought about getting one but didn't know where to start. Prusa are down the road from me
My machines are for production.
You can easily start with a cheaper printer. You would have to dial it in a lot more and maybe print some upgrades to get constant results. I can't point you to a cheap printer. But I think I have a "printer for kids" (small build volume) somewhere in my storage. I could send it to you when I find it and you pay for the parcel.
Wow, that's incredibly nice of you Joe but you should give it to somebody less fortunate than me. I was just looking for info, tips & advice about them! 🙏
Fucking bitcoiners are so humble.
It's fucking great to be alive!
I'm fighting with my Prusa mini and it's too small anymore, it'll definitely go. I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner tho, for a newbie it's too picky.
Which one would you buy and why?
My friend, who prints for money, recommended used mk3. I just want something bigger than mini and simple enough, I don't have the capacity to tinker around. But now I'm thinking about just switching his Hornet for sale with him, it's bigger and might be enough. I have for now no interest in printing figures, details and other fine things, probably even 0,6 nozzle will fullfill my needs.
It's good that you know what you want to print with it. Indeed a .6 nozzle is a good choice if you want to print big parts thus want to be able to print smaller details every now and then.
When it comes to making money with printing it's about reliability and repeatability. I love that the mk3s always give the same result when using same material and won't produce much failures. They are just made for printing.